Sab

@sabno.bsky.social

A Vietnamese-American artist who loves to read manga, draw women and food, and enjoy food! (https://sabno.carrd.co/#) No AI training permitted on my art.

here is how i plan ahead specifically for lettering so i don't clog up areas i want to put the bubbles. placing the text as early as possible like this helps you consider the entire panel and avoid making decisions you might need to undo or work around if you waited until the very end to letter.

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appearing over the shoulder of a comic artist who's about to fill a panel with an unnecessary background. put the pen down. sometimes clarity and punch of a panel is improved when there is no background. you're cluttering that panel and making it harder to read. where are the bubble tails gonna go.

The original version of this was posted on my FAisDM (felicitousArtisan is Darth Mongoose) Tumblr many years ago. I drew it at about 11pm right before going to bed, trying to express something I felt about art. When I woke up it kinda blew up.

Flowchart drawn by Kate Holden in orange, aliases lines reads:
HOW TO BE ANARTIST.
Make some art.-> Does it look terrible? 1. YEAH 2. NO (both lives lead to thesame conclusion box) -> You are an artist -> Make more art